I thought I would share a little piece of my book “Choices”. This is from the first chapter called Baggage. Hope you enjoy.
Anytime we allow the baggage and fear from our past to improperly influence our choices we will struggle. Just imagine trying to please everyone so they will like you and how that will begin to affect your job performance, your relationships, your future job opportunities and your health. You eventually will get so tired and confused and frustrated that you will be looking to make a change to get out of the mess you created even though it may look like the mess is from everyone taking advantage of you. When you finally leave to get into a better situation, guess what happens. In a few weeks or few months you start feeling like these people were just like the people at the last place I worked. The pattern is caused by your filter, your baggage and the situation you create for yourself that creates actions and attitudes of those around you that gets so frustrating. We need to make sure we understand the baggage and fear from our past so we can learn how to manage those emotions so they do not dominate our choices.